Prejudices against innocent everyday items

[PolkaDotMankini]

I realised when picking a substitution yesterday that I consider lemon-scented cleaning products "common". I have no idea why I think this, but I've always avoided them. I now have over 100 lemon-scented dishwasher tablets that I'll be hiding from visitors.

Anyone else have weird prejudices against innocent everyday items?

The yellow fabric conditioners. They catch in my throat.
mixed bunches of flowers. Two ok, but no to anything more. I tried to explain once to my Dd and she sighed and said “Is this tinsel all over again”

No lemon or pine scents here, too toilet-cleaner-y. Yet I'm happy to smell bleach or dettol

In a long ago attempt to disguise the stench of decomposing rat, I used a Febreze aerosol spray, bought some by accident years later and all I could smell was dead rat. So Febreze is out.

My eldest DD has got an obsession with scented things... candles, reed sticks, plug in air fresheners. Within 5 minutes of being there, my eyes start watering and my nose is on fire. Yet they're all completely nose blind to them.

I hate to say that I don't go there as often as I could, purely for the smell.

I don’t really get why it’s supposed to be important to feminism to have red liquid on period adverts. There’s plenty of clear blue water between considering them our shameful monthly secret that must never be spoken of, and waving the actual thing around on telly at tea time (see what I did there?)

Mind you, I was having a little rant about that and “what next, actual poo on nappy adverts?!” when I was interrupted by a nappy advert that featured little malteser things, so what do I know.

But for this reason, I do not see the point of lemon toilet cleaner that makes it look more yellow and pissy in there than if you just hadn’t cleaned. Blue definitely does equal cleaner for me. If that makes me nuts, fair enough.

Thinking about it, I'm also dreadfully snobby about branded paracetamol and ibuprofen. Both (in my head) are only bought by parvenus who want to flash the cash.

I have both Panadol and Nurofen in my first aid box.

Kebab chillis. They breed overnight and hatch on the pavements, are cleaned up by the road sweepers, but a few always get away to spawn overnight.

Ah yes, tinsel. It is forbidden in the mankini household. Dreadful stuff.

I have inherited from my mum a deep and abiding conviction that hanging the toilet roll with the loose end at the front is 'common'. I don't care if 'everyone' does it - I can't abide it and it is a hill that I would willingly die on!

Oh my goodness yes on the bio washing detergent. I buy quite a lot on Vinted and it usually takes two or three washes to get the smell out.

We had one of the kids' friends for a sleepover recently and his clothes smelled so strongly of it once he was in our house! And it lingered. I think it was having extra changes of clothes in his bag that made a teeny scent bomb for me. I found it slightly discombobulating.

Snap!!

I judge people who buy the branded versions either as wanting to flash the cash; being duped by advertising; or being too thick to realise its the same product as the 49p version. Or all three.

My PILs are a bit of all three. Despite DP being involved in medicines manufacturing, they absolutely will not believe that the active ingredients are the same 🙄

Oh loads of things. I agree re lemon scented cleaning products. Also, I know what a PP means about people who smell strongly of their clothes detergent, though I dont know what type it is. I look down on all air fresheners, fabric fresheners, even scent diffusers, though I am partial to a bit of joss stick occasionally. If you want anpleasant scent in your house, buy flowers and/ or open the windows!

I feel similarly about jars of cooking sauce (though do use them on holiday occasionally) and those statement plants people buy for their garden when they are not real gardeners and the only other objects in their gardens are a bbq and a patio set.

My greatest bugbear though are duvets.

Eyelet curtains. Awful.

Agree wholeheartedly with this. Except at Christmas when Snowman™️ pattern is acceptable 🤣

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Smelly washing powder is one thing but fabric conditioner is vile.
It doesn't seem to wash out of clothes.

We stand ours on its end on the cistern. Person who uses the last sheet replaces it with a new one out of the cupboard in the kitchen where they live. My mother has a doll with a mob cap and a big brown gingham skirt which hides the roll. She stands on the cistern. There is also a china plaque on the toilet door that says Yer 'tis in curly script.

Blue toilet water here too! Just why?!
Vanilla scented anything makes me feel nauseous

Coat hangers are evil swines that tangle themselves up on purpose to annoy me.

They reproduce, don't they?

I remember those toilet-roll-hiding dolls. We had a massive pink and white crochet one with a china face, but it didn't live in the bathroom, just generally lurked about looking creepy.

Geraniums, especially in summer in a hot conservatory. STINKKKKKK

I loathe lemon scented dishwashing products - I don't want my clean dishes to smell of food thank you.

Not particularly a fan of pine scented loo cleaner but needs must....!

Conversely I adore the smells of vanilla, lavender and rosemary - individually. Headache inducing if all together.

Carnations. They seem very shabby to me.

Anything got up to look like something else is naff and would not be allowed past the drawbridge at Tampon Towers.